VeniceblogAbout Venice, Italy.Leo: The Magazine about Venice- September 28, 2005 Venice's tourist organization, La Azienda Di Promozione Turistica, publishes an interesting quarterly magazine called Leo, which, rather than the usual species of unsanded commerical boosterism one might expect from a tourist board publication, can be smart and surprising. Check it...http://veniceblog.typepad.com/veniceblog/2005/09/leo_the_magazin.html Rendering of the Future Venetian Soccer Stadium- September 26, 2005 Sometime ago, I wrote about a new Venetian soccer stadium that was in the works, designed by Sydney-based architect Lawrence Nield. Following up, I found this rendering on his site (click it to enlarge it). Still says "Completion 2006", but...http://veniceblog.typepad.com/veniceblog/2005/09/rendering_of_th.html Linguini Filipini- September 22, 2005 In the 1970s, industrial pollution took a big chunk out of the fishing and aquaculture economy of the Venetian lagoon, throwing fishermen and fish farmers into crisis. In response, in 1983, the Italian National Research Council experimentally introduced a variety...http://veniceblog.typepad.com/veniceblog/2005/09/linguini_philip.html Venice from Google Earth- September 22, 2005 Google Earth is a free downloadable application that gives you an omnispheric photographic view of practically any spot on the planet. You start with the Gods-eye-perspective, slowly, smoothly zooming in from the outer atmosphere right down to a full-res 1000...http://veniceblog.typepad.com/veniceblog/2005/09/venice_from_goo.html |